{"id":206,"date":"2013-09-26T16:54:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T02:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2013-10-07T13:22:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T23:22:55","slug":"papa-kaluulu-2010-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/profiles\/fellows\/papa-kaluulu-2010-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Papa Kalu’ulu (2010-2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"adams\"Kapi’o Adams<\/strong>
\nAloha mai. No Maui a ka moku o Keawe mai ko\u2018u k\u016bpuna. P\u0101 ahe ka makani Kaiaulu ma ke one h\u0101nau a ko\u2018u m\u0101kua. \u2018O Alohalani ka makuahine. \u2018O Keli\u2018i ka makuak\u0101ne. He kupu \u2018\u0101ina ho\u2018opulapula au. No N\u0101n\u0101kuli mai. Ho\u2018okahi o\u2018u kaikun\u0101ne, \u2018o Keli\u2018i Pio.<\/p>\n

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I was born and raised in N\u0101n\u0101kuli and graduated from the Kamehameha Schools in 1999.\u00a0 I received my Bachelors degree in Economics from Scripps College in Claremont, CA and my Masters degree in Demography from the University of California, Berkeley.\u00a0 I’m passionate about learning and sharing knowledge.\u00a0 My years before and since graduate school are filled with research and analytics experience, and I am currently the Lead Researcher of the Demography Research Program at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs where I am honored to have the opportunity to serve the Native Hawaiian community.<\/p>\n

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my ‘ohana and friends and dancing hula.\u00a0 Fortunately for me, the two are often one and the same.\u00a0 I am truly humbled to be a fellow and am looking forward to the year of learning ahead of us all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"fernandez\"Pua Fernandez<\/strong>
\nI was born on Kaua\u2018i and raised in Hanama\u2018ula, a small plantation town near L\u012bhu\u2018e.\u00a0 My parents are Anthony Fernandez and Alicia Kehaulani Contrades.\u00a0 At a young age my mother was adopted by her maternal grandparents, Peter Contrades and Ruby Roselani Holi, of Hanama\u2018ula, Kaua\u2018i. \u00a0My grandpa\u2019s and grandma\u2019s lineage traces back to Kaua\u2018i and Hawai\u2018i Island.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From the time I was born to my early elementary years, our family of six (my father, mother, two sisters, and brother) lived with my grandparents, Peter and Ruby, in their red plantation home across Peter Rayno Park.\u00a0 Living on Kaua\u2018i, I was able to experience a rural lifestyle.\u00a0 I spent a lot of my time at my grandma\u2019s property, which we called the \u201chojo.\u201d This small land parcel is located in L\u012bhu\u2018e across Kuhio Grove Shopping Center and surrounded completely by cane fields.\u00a0 I played in taro fields, swam in fresh water ponds, and caught crayfish with my siblings.\u00a0 I also spent time with my paternal grandpa, Gregory Fernandez, riding in his truck as he picked up slop and dropped it off at his pig farm in Hanama\u2018ulu.\u00a0 Growing up with my grandparents and extended \u2018ohana provided me with a strong foundation of familial ties.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know exactly when, but when I was in the fifth grade at Wilcox Elementary, I knew that I wanted to go to college.\u00a0 My parents were hard workers and provided the basic necessities for the family, but it was always a challenge for them.\u00a0 My first paying job was babysitting and later I started working for retail stores as a high school student.\u00a0 The one lesson that I learned from my parents was the value of money and the importance of working.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Kaua\u2018i High and Intermediate School, I went on to attend the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa. \u00a0I was the first in my family to attend a college institution.\u00a0 It was there that the professors of the Center for Hawaiian Studies reaffirmed the Hawaiian values that I grew up with.\u00a0 I became interested in Hawaiian history, language, culture, and arts.\u00a0 I was always inspired by my Hawaiian Professors who provided guidance, support and encouraged me to dream.\u00a0 They have taught me the importance of learning and perpetuating the culture and history of Hawai\u2018i. I went on to graduate in 1998 and later entered graduate school in that same summer and graduated three years later.\u00a0 During those years I also became a mother and learned how to manage family and school life.<\/p>\n

In the summer of 2005, I moved to Maku’u, approximately eight miles east of Kea\u2018au town in the district of Puna on the island of Hawai\u2018i to build a home and raise our family in a Hawaiian Homestead community.\u00a0 It was a difficult and challenging move.\u00a0 Ironically, I didn\u2019t imagine that I would be living on a small farm in a rural community and working closely with Hawaiian k\u016bpuna.\u00a0 I am currently finishing my doctorate degree in the Department of Political Science and plan on graduating in the summer of 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"lee\"Keoni Lee
\n<\/strong>I was born and raised in Mililani, O\u2018ahu and am a 1996 graduate of the Kamehameha Schools.\u00a0 I left Hawai\u2018i to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.\u00a0 After graduation, I was drawn back to Hawai\u2018i by a deep sense of indebtedness for the education I was afforded from Ke Ali\u2018i Pauahi.\u00a0 In 2003 I enrolled at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa and graduated with a Masters in Business Administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2008, I co-founded \u2018\u014ciwi TV, Hawai\u2018i\u2019s first and only television station for Native Hawaiians.\u00a0 \u2018\u014ciwi TV is pioneering a new paradigm of Native Hawaiian representation in media and has given the Hawaiian language, culture, and perspective a place to thrive.\u00a0 My kuleana include strategic planning, fiscal management, sales and fund development, and marketing.\u00a0 I am also a part-time producer and marketing manager for \u2018\u0100ha\u2018i \u2018\u014clelo Ola, the \u2018Aha P\u016bnana Leo\u2019s groundbreaking Hawaiian language news program.\u00a0 Being part of\u00a0 the Hawaiian television \u201cmovement\u201d is extremely challenging but is also completely rewarding knowing that I am helping to build something for future generations of Hawaiians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"murphy\"Ka’iulani Murphy
\n<\/strong>Welina me ke aloha.\u00a0 Born and raised on the \u2018\u0101ina of Waimea, Hawai\u2018i, Ka\u2018iulani Murphy comes from a Waipi\u2018o family of mahi\u2018ai kalo. \u00a0After graduating from Kamehameha Schools, she earned a BA in Hawaiian Studies from the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa. \u00a0While at UH M\u0101noa she found her passion in voyaging and has been a crewmember with H\u014dk\u016ble\u2018a since 1997. \u00a0Ka\u2018iulani has had the privilege to learn from and voyage with extraordinary mentors, who she hopes to honor by living the kuleana that comes with the\u00a0\u2018ike. \u00a0She is currently an Instructor at Honolulu Community College in the Ocean\/Hawaiian Studies program where she teaches courses on wayfinding and voyaging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"oliveira\"Kap\u0101 Oliveira
\n<\/strong>Aloha mai n\u014d k\u0101kou e n\u0101 kupa o ka \u2018\u0101ina mai ka l\u0101 hiki a i ka l\u0101 kau. Ua h\u0101nau \u2018ia \u2018o\u00a0Katrina-Ann R. Kap\u0101\u2018anaokal\u0101okeola Oliveira\u00a0ma O\u2018ahu a h\u0101nai \u2018ia \u2018o ia i ka poli aloha o kona mau m\u0101kua i ka malu o \u2018Aiea a ma Maui a Kama ma ke one i hehi mua \u2018ia e kona mau k\u016bpuna ma Kahakuloa, Wailuanui, Pukalani, a me Kula.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She graduated from the Kamehameha Schools in 1992. She then attended the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa where she earned\u00a0dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies as well as a\u00a0Master\u2019s degree and a PhD in Geography. \u00a0She is currently an Assistant Professor of Hawaiian and the Interim Director of Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language within Hawai\u2018inui\u0101kea School of Hawaiian Knowledge at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa. Her research interests include Hawaiian geographies, epistemologies, language acquisition methodologies, and place-based experiential learning curricula.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"tango\"Lori Tango<\/strong>
\nI was born and raised in Hilo, Hawai\u2018i.\u00a0 I attended Hilo High School, graduated in 2000, and went on to receive both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Hawai\u2018i at Hilo with a B.A. in Biology (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology) in 2004 and a M.S. in Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science in 2010.\u00a0 My studies have focused on climate and environmental change and its effect on native biota.\u00a0 Currently, I am a biological science technician for USGS-BRD K\u012blauea Field Station within Hawai\u2018i Volcanoes National Park, where I study insect communities in and around intermittent streams in the Ka\u2018\u016b district.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I believe the bridging of western academic and corporate philosophies with traditional First Nations philosophies is fundamental in holistically addressing conservation issues in Hawai\u2018i.\u00a0 I applied to become a fellow with the hopes of gaining a deeper perspective of traditional cultural knowledge and learning how to successfully incorporate this knowledge with conservation and resource management in a changing world.\u00a0 I am grateful to participate in the First Nations\u2019 Futures Program and I\u2019m looking forward to this opportunity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kapi’o Adams Aloha mai. No Maui a ka moku o Keawe mai ko\u2018u k\u016bpuna. P\u0101 ahe ka makani Kaiaulu ma ke one h\u0101nau a ko\u2018u m\u0101kua. \u2018O Alohalani ka makuahine. \u2018O Keli\u2018i ka makuak\u0101ne. He kupu \u2018\u0101ina ho\u2018opulapula au. No N\u0101n\u0101kuli mai. Ho\u2018okahi o\u2018u kaikun\u0101ne, \u2018o Keli\u2018i Pio. I was born and raised in N\u0101n\u0101kuli …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":122,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-PageTemplate3.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}